yi'en phei, young people diggle
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ProposedDPhilResearchOutline
Educa5on,YouthandGlobalisa5on:
YoungPeoplesExperiencesofPrivateHigherEduca5oninSingapore
YiEnCheng(M.Soc.Sci)
SchoolofGeography&theEnvironment
UniversityofOxford
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Presenta5onOutline
Introduc5on
TheSingaporeContext
PrivateHigherEduca5oninSingapore
SocialTensions&Issues
ResearchQues5on
ConceptualFramework&
Significance
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Introduc5on
-Regionaleduca.onhubsinAsia:prolifera.onofeduca.onalins.tu.onsand
na.onalstrategiestomarketuniversi.esasreputableandpres.gious
-Growingdemandforhighereduca.on(HE)byyoungpeopleplacesstresson
capacitytohighereduca.onalprovisionindomes.ccontexts(Mok,2008)
-Burgeoninglandscapeofprivateeduca.onalins.tu.onstohelpoff-loadHE
provision
-Exis.ngliteraturemostlyatmacro-level:Interna.onalisa.onstrategies;
transna.onalprovisionofservicesandac.vi.es;ques.onsabouteduca.onal
qualityandregula.onofprivateins.tu.ons
-Morethan35%ofstudentsacrossAsiaenrolledinprivatehighereduca.onal
ins.tu.ons(AsianDevelopmentBank,2012)
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TheSingaporeContext
-2keyplanksinshapingSingaporesHE:
(i)Longstandingrespectandculturalaspira.onforhigherlearningintheSEAregion(Welch,2011)
(ii)Ubiquitousgoalofachievingaknowledgesocietysincethe1990s;socialand
economicprogress=increasequalityandquan.tyofhighereduca.on
-Alsolinkedtoprocessofna.on-building:
(i)Mid-1960sstateinvestmentineduca.onandvoca.onaltrainingtoupgrade
humancapital
(ii)1991,MinistryofTradeandIndustryintroducedpolicyofinterna.onalisa.on
viatheStrategicEconomicPlan
(iii)2002,theGlobalSchoolhouseproject:massivechange,includingincreased
priva.sa.onofHEprovision
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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape
-Consistsoflocalins.tu.onsandoverseasbranchcampuses3localart
ins.tutes,12overseasbranchcampusesintheformofuniversi.esandins.tutes,andatleast40otherprivateins.tu.onsofferingawiderangeof
bachelordegreeprograms
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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape
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-About50%morethanSingaporeansstudyinginlocalpublicuniversi.es(45,000SporeansinNUS,NTU,
SMU)
-PrivateHEins.tu.onsinSingaporeallreportedagrowthinfull-.mestudentsoverlastfewyears
SingaporeIns.tuteofManagementsglobaleduca.on
armcitedanincreasefrom12,000in2010to14,300in
2012Kaplanalsocitedanannualgrowthof30-45%
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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape
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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape
-PrivateHEinstatediscourse:privateeduca.onhasitsplacein
Singapore(PresidentTonyTan,July192011)
(i)expandedthechoicesofyoungpeople
(ii)broadenedaccesstohighereduca.on
-ButGopinathan(2007)haswarnedagainstacelebratorytonetowardstheemergenceofnewformsofeduca.onalsystemswithoutcri.cally
acknowledgingandassessingthecostsandtensionsthatcomealongwithsuch
changes
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SocialTensions&Issues
A)Stereotypes
-Publicuniversi.esviewedasthemainstream,desirableandsecurepathwaytowards
asuccessfulfuture;heavilyfundedbythestate,longerhistory,strongerreputa.onof
academicexcellence
-Thosewhostudyinprivateins.tu.onstendtobeperceivedasacademicallyweaker
duetothelesscompe..veacademicentrancerequirement(Sidhu,2005);asecond-rate
educa.onalexperience
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Source: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/
eat-drink-man-woman-16/sim-students-beh-kan-3396879.html
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SocialTensions&Issues
A)Stereotypes
Singaporeansenrolledinprivateschoolsarealsoawarethatemployerstendtorategraduatesfrompublicuniversi.esmorehighlyTheywerenotsurprisedtohearofSIMs
employmentsurveyfindings,whichshowedthatintermsofsalaries,itsgraduateslagged
behindthosefrompublicuniversi.es
(TheStraitsTimes,8June2012)
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Source: http://campus.sg.jobsdb.com/
SG/2011/05/06/getting-to-know-sim.html
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SocialTensions&Issues
B)ForeignTalentvsLocalDebates
-PopularbeliefthatSingaporeanyoungpeoplearesqueezedoutofthelocal
publicly-fundeduniversi.esduetoaninfluxofforeignstudents(NewYork
Times,27August2012)
-Interna.onalstudentsaccountfor18%ofthestudentbodyinlocalpublic
universi.es
-Governmentincen.vestoaractforeignstudentsperceivedasgovernments
obsessionwitheconomicdevelopmentatcostofthewelfareofSingaporeans
andtheirrightstoaccesshighqualityandaffordablehighereduca.on(ielocal
publicly-fundeduniversi.es)
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ResearchQues5on
-Focusonyoungpeoplespercep.onsandexperiences:
Howdoyoungpeopleperceiveprivatehighereduca5onandnavigatethe
globalisingeduca5onlandscapeinSingapore?
(i)HowdotheyunderstandHEinrela.ontopastandcurrentexperience?
(ii)Whataretheirgoalsandaspira.ons?Howdotheypursueit?What
challengesdotheyface?
(iii)Whatresourcesareavailabletothemtoovercomechallengesfacedin
naviga.ngtheeduca.onalchange?
(iv)Whatistheroleoffamilies,friends,andsocialrela.onshipsinshapingtheir
experience?
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ConceptualisingYoungPeoplesEduca5onalExperience
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SignificanceofStudy
(i) Economicrestructuringandimpactonyoungpeopleandfamilies(ii) Youngpeoplesvulnerabili.es,resourcefulness,andcompetenceinthe
faceofeduca.onalchange
(iii) Policyimplica.onsineduca.onandsocialdevelopment(cohesionand
immigra.on)